African-Caribbean fathers should not be viewed as a ‘hard to reach’ group and are passionate about the health and well-being of their children – but there are major barriers to their accessing of services, including:

not knowing what services are available

negative views and experiences of GP and hospital services

the maternal focus of child health services

gendered attitudes towards preventative healthcare

views, experiences and anticipation of cultural and racial insensitivity.

That’s according to study conducted by the University of Birmingham School of Health and Population Sciences for the Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust. To read the summary of the report in full, download from the ‘Related Documents’ section below, by right clicking and ‘saving as’ on to your hard disk.

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